Show GIRL prep GETS MEDAL FOR FOH HER ibris m un no v VJ I 1 y young oung english woman volunteers for dangerous task in munitions plant NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH explosion occurs while she Is hunting for foreign substances in powder predecessor on the job was killed london miss gladys Il errington twenty years old undertook a dangerous task in a factory although she knew sooner or later it probably would result in her death or serious injury she narrowly escaped death in an explosion and now she has received the british empire medal at first it was thought she would not live then it was believed she would be terribly disfigured she Is alive and will still be a handsome girl and a very happy one very dangerous job her part 0 of the work was to mix mis powder of a very dangerous rial nature irre the woman who preceded her was burned to death and as the management old did not dot care to assign anyone to tile the ta task sk it asked tor for volunteers volunteer miss herrington offered her services SNOW now I 1 she is in a hospital gradually recovering her health and beauty she worked all alone front from nine little fit at night until six tit in morning and her I 1 constant alin aim was vas to discover foreign i substance which might inight have been placed place in the powder her story as told by herself is as follows for a time till all wont went well I 1 liked the lie job tin and I 1 neier felt afraid I 1 wore ivore a fireproof suit quit eight weeks ago tile the accident happened it was at ten tell to six in the morning I 1 sup suppose P 0 e sorn some e foreign subs substance tonce mut must hane hac got into the powder suddenly there was an explosion and a great blaz eup and in spite of my suit I 1 caught lire fire I 1 think that the powder had bad eaten its way into my sleeves and rotted them a little because my arms were chibly burned and ns as my face was not protected at all it was badly hurt the worst of it was that I 1 never lot lost conse consciousness lowness jo no sleep for weeks H 11 1 I flashed out of the hie shed nil alight fortunately one ot of the mork had hoard heard the explosion and lie he flew to mv mr help and rolled me in blankets and I 1 was wag taken straight to the hospital they cut rny my clothes off and for two days I 1 could not be moved from the ground floor sly ay iy mouth month was so badly burnt that for ten days I 1 could take no food except brandy for five weeks I 1 had no sleep and at first the doctors thought I 1 should be blind I 1 cannot tell you how thankful I 1 felt when after a little while I 1 was able to see again my illy friends haie hae come to see me frequently in the hospital and I 1 have been very happy here tile the lead head man at the factory came himself to see me and the manager sent one of the girls with 15 to spend on any little comforts I 1 might like my afy wages I 1 ages are arc being paid every week but I 1 am a coward I 1 have not once looked in the glass since tile lle accident I 1 cannot bear to see my face until it Is better |